STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1055-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2746

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2746, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address the rental housing needs of extremely low-income households by clarifying the duties of the Special Action Team on Affordable Rental Housing to include policy recommendations for specific income populations, adding additional members to the Special Action Team, and making an appropriation for the administration and operation of the Special Action Team.

The Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and Partners in Care supported this measure. The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and Office of Planning offered comments for this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $10,000 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2746, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2746, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair